Think Data: Getting Kids Involved in Hands-on Investigations With Data-gathering Instruments

by Joseph S. Renzulli, Nancy Heilbronner

Every day, students encounter countless data-gathering opportunities that present the potential for creating new knowledge. Think Getting Kids Involved in Hands-On Investigations With Data-Gathering Instruments introduces data-gathering instruments such as a blood pressure monitor, pH strips, a salt monitor, and a pedometer; the types of data they can gather; and what kinds of questions analyzing that data can answer. This resource is the ultimate guidebook for helping students engage in investigative learning. Reproducible student activity sheets introduce 12 inexpensive, easy-to-find instruments and guide students through the process of setting up and performing experiments in which they will collect and analyze data. A further step asks students to develop ways to share their data and put it to use. Here the data comes alive in the real world!

174 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Joseph S. Renzulli, Ph.D., is the Neag Professor of Gifted Education and Talent Development at the University of Connecticut and the Director of The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented. He has received numerous distinguished research awards and been named, by the American Psychological Association's Monitor on Psychology, among the world's 25 most influential psychologists.